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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1920

Page

7

Vaudeville Highlights at Poli's and Park Theatre

The Four Fords lead a vaudeville bill at Poli's with hard shoe dancing and a Bridgeport style skit "Green Goods" plus Sampsell and Lehnhart singing and dancing numbers. Other acts include Frank and Mabel Wilbur, Watts and Hawley, and Ince's Out of The Snows. The Park Theatre features Miss Madge Kennedy in Cornered and the Selwyns’ Buddies with Olive Thomas upcoming. The West End showcases Blaine Hammerstein in The Woman Game, while the Empire screens The Copperhead with Lionel Barrymore.

West End Albert F. Brown Selznick Elaine Hammerstein Frank Casey Leighton Min Ixtrat Polis Poli's Four Fords Ford Stone Hayes Bridgeport Sampsell Lehnhart Watts Hawley Miss Hawley Frank Mabel Wilbur Ralph Ince Canada Royal Canadian Poice Pathe News and Review Tom Brown Frank Ward Bert Williams Helen Collins and Company Blaine Hammerstein Figsh Miss Hammerstein Selznick Company

Army Men for Rhine Wanted

Sergeant Ray C. Spang directed a new enlistment drive at the Bridgeport recruiting station. Quotas show 310 infantrymen nine cooks 18 clerks and 29 for the Department of Criminal Investigation with language skills required for that unit. Names of men accepted today include Joseph Norton Thomas Bollera Joseph Kratka and Peter Connors. An authorized intake of 300 colored recruits for the Tenth Cavalry in Arizona is noted.

Ray C. Spang Main Street Germany Bridgeport Department of Criminal Investigation Joseph J. Norton Bond Street 42Nd Coast Artillery Thomas Bollera Deacon Street Recruit Educational Center Joseph Kratka Church Street Peter J. Connors Fairfield Avenues Coast Artillery Ft. Strong Mass

Foreign land laws and Japan's restraint highlighted

The article reviews Japan's past restrictions on foreigners and land ownership. It notes a 1910 Diet law allowing foreign land ownership but delayed by Imperial Ordinance. It mentions a potential promulgation, yet current status remains inactive. It also touches on humane animal treatment influencing fashion with wood aigrette substitutes.

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